[ EP ]Inaugural season

We’re recording our first episodes

Global Trade Desk is in production right now — thirty-minute conversations with the people importing goods into the UK. Nothing has aired yet; here's the inaugural line-up we're recording. Subscribe on YouTube to catch episode one the moment it drops.

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EP 01Coming soon

Homeware & interiorsChina → UK

Surviving the freight-cost spike

One of our inaugural episodes — in the studio now. We sit down with a UK homeware importer who watched ocean-freight costs multiply nine-fold, and hear how they held their margins, their customers and their nerve together. Full episode coming soon.

~30 minView episode →

EP 02Coming soon

Food & drinkItaly → UK

Importing through Brexit

In production now for our first season. A specialty food importer takes us through the week trucks sat idle at the border, perishable stock on the line, and a small team learning customs declarations from scratch. Coming soon.

~30 minView episode →

EP 03Coming soon

Furniture & homewareVietnam → UK

The cost-of-living squeeze

One of our inaugural episodes, currently being recorded. Import costs up and demand down at the same time — how a furniture importer managed stock, cashflow and morale through the squeeze. Full episode coming soon.

~30 minView episode →

EP 04Coming soon

Consumer electronicsChina & Taiwan → UK

Currency swings & vanishing margins

Recording now for season one. When you buy in dollars and sell in pounds, a single currency swing can quietly erase your profit — an electronics importer on hedging, pricing and holding the line. Coming soon.

~30 minView episode →

EP 05Coming soon

Textiles & apparelTürkiye & India → UK

Rerouting around disruption

An inaugural episode in production. When conflict closes routes and rewrites lead times overnight, how do you find new suppliers under pressure? A textiles importer on building a supply chain that bends, not breaks. Coming soon.

~30 minView episode →

EP 06Coming soon

Automotive partsGermany & China → UK

The tariff code that cost thousands

Being recorded now for our first season. One misapplied commodity code and a five-figure sum of overpaid duty nobody had spotted — how an auto-parts importer found it and put the cash back to work. Full episode coming soon.

~30 minView episode →

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If you bring goods in from overseas and you've fought through a tough patch — freight, tariffs, currency, cost-of-living — we'd love to have you on. Free to appear, filmed remotely, and a genuine platform for your business.

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